Busy. Busy. Busy.

Its been a long time since I've posted. We've definately have been busy.

Monday night after work, Wendy and I did some Christmas shopping and dinner. It was a lot of fun. She's having foot surgery the first week of December, so needs to get all her shopping done early.

I only worked Monday and Tuesday this week. What a way to go! I wish I had more weeks like that! I had Wednesday off work to take Becca to Iowa City for her Thyroid checkup.

Mom went with me because Tim couldn't take too much time off this week. We thought Becca would sleep on the way down, but she stayed awake, looking for Semi trucks (my-my, in her words). She would wave as we passed them, then ask, " where is he?". It was really cute. We stopped at Coralville Mall to check it out, eat lunch and spend some time playing in their kiddie area. She loved it all. She got a couple new outfits and watched Santa from a distance. We're trying to slowly desensitize her, rather than plopping her down on his lap and have her make a big scene!

The Drs. visit went well. I think the worst part for her, was the blood pressure cuff! LOL!
But she was able to be distracted by the bubbles the nurse was blowing. They are so good to try to make the situation comfortable for everyone, kids and adults alike. As much as I hate that we have to go to Iowa City for Becca, I love the attention we get when we are there.
Blood was drawn to do some level checks on her T4 and TSH, and we should know this coming week. I'm going to give them a little extra time to get back to me, just because of the holiday thrown in there.

Thursday was spent having 2 Thanksgiving meals, as it often is for us. Started out at Aunt Lynda's, with Mom's side of the family, then we traveled out to Denver to see Gpa Steve (Gaga seeeeeeee, in Becca's words). She loved all the food. She filled up on a lot of sweet pickles (thats my girl), potatoes, green beans and pumpkin pie! mmmmmmmm!

Today we spent Christmas shopping as a family. That was a lot of fun. And even more fun to see Tim spoil the heck out of her! He spent way more than I would have had I gone myself, and came home with a car load for her! I reminded him that there are 4 sets of Grandparents that will be buying for her too, and he said, " thats fine, I want to be sure that she gets this though..so they can buy whatever they want!" )Grandparents, email me for a list of what she needs and already has! *wink*

Well, I've got to go wake Becca up from her nap soon. She and I will be heading off to church, before coming home to watch UNI in there start of the playoff games with Daddy!
GO PANTHERS!

week of organinzing

Finally Friday!

This week, has been full of organzing and decluttering. Becca has outgrown most of her toys (thankgoodness for xmas coming!) so we put away a lot of her baby toys. She so interested in activities, rather than play toys right now. She loves cars, blocks, coloring and books, so we kept all those out. Its so neat to see her interests change.

We bought a new computer. So we've also spent time going thru and organinzing our files before transfering them to the new system. Tim is in love with the 22 inch flat screen monitor. That thing is huge. Just what he needs...something else to keep him at the computer playing games even longer!

This weekend we have the Lee family Thanksgiving at my Grandpa Dale's. Thats always a lot of family in a small house. But good food and visits with everyone we don't see very often will be enjoyed. But sometime this weekend we've got to get the bathroom completed. Its definately time!

Fun and productive weekend

We've had a really good weekend! Becca's week ended by spending her day on Friday with Grandma Deb as usual, however Xavier had no school because of conferences, so he was able to hang out with the as well! Becca loved the company! After Becca went down for the night, I went to crop at Sarah's house. I got a lot accomplished...6 pages of Becca's scrapbook and am completely up to date!

Saturday we spent time getting the yard and garden ready for the winter. Instead of raking and bagging all the leaves in the yard, we opted to mow the yard and mulch the leaves at the same time! Saved time, energy and sore muscles!

Tim had won some tickets to the UNI football game, so Becca went to church and to play at Wendy's while we witnessed the Panthers kick some Indiana State tushy. We enjoyed the time doing something different and who wouldn't want to watch the number 1 rated team in the nation beat yet another team? Neither of us were filled up by the giant pretzel that we ate at the game, so we stopped and brought home chinese afterwards. I can eat chinese anytime!

Today was sooo lazy. Becca and I didn't get up until 7, then after breakfast, reading the sunday paper and looking thru the toy ads, Becca and I needed more sleep. We took a 2 hour nap and woke up to find a ham in the oven, dishes washed and the porch cleaned off! Wow! I need to take naps more often! Tim was very productive while we slept. After a large meal, we went to the park to play. Becca enjoyed the 65 degree weather and possibly the last chance to run and play on the playground equipment. I took lots of pictures, and will post a couple once I upload.
Wizard of Oz just started, so I don't have time to upload ... I'll wait till the witch and flying monkeys are on....I still get all nervous during that part! *wink*

Over the river and through the woods.....

....To Grandma Kathy's house we go!

Its been a long time since we've been able to see Grandma Kathy...all with her being retired and traveling and us with Tim working weekends! So Saturday we took off to DeWitt, Ia to spend the night. We had to stop just before getting to their house, because we wanted them to experience the "Trick or Treat" with Becca in her lion costume. So in the middle of the John Deere implement dealer's parking lot, we changed Becca into her costume. Of course we couldn't just hop in the car and drive another 4 minutes down the road....cause she saw the Tractors! Daddy walked to the tractors with her, and let her see how big they were. I have a couple of cute pics of her in her lion costume and the tractors that I may upload later.

Grandma Kathy had candy waiting for Becca when we got to the driveway! I succumbed to the fact that Becca was going to get sweets, and a lot of them this weekend. Oh well, we'll make up for the loss of fruits and veggies at a later date!

Tim's sister Lisa and the kids, Tyler and Sami joined us for a roast dinner and just hung out a bit. They hadn't seen Becca since last Christmas, so that was fun too. Becca loved Sami, though she was a little leary of Ty. But by the end of the night, she was giving hugs all the way around.
Cards were played after Becca went down for the night, and again on Sunday when Becca took a short nap. I'm happy to report that the ladies ROCK!!!! *me doing a little happy dance*

On the way home, we stopped at Palisades Kepler State Park outside of Cedar Rapids to stretch our legs and check out the leafs. What a pretty park! We stopped down by the river and let Becca run. Tim explained to her that fish live in the water...so of course she made her fishy face the rest of the time there. We got some cute pictures of her exploring. I'll post some of those pics too.

Well, I have met Tim's chin for the first time since we started dating! New policy at his work, required him to shave the beard. He can keep his mustache, so he has..so far! Becca didn't really notice until we sat her up on his lap. Then she touched his face and said, " Where is it?" It was adorable. I'll need to re-create that moment for scrapbooking purposes!
Pictures to come tonight!

Halloween

Becca and Xavier as Lions!
Trick or Treat @ Wendy's

ROARRRRRRRRR

Happy Lion!

Just posting a couple pics from Halloween...